Comments on: Leadership Lessons from Dwight D. Eisenhower #3: How to Make an Important Decisionhttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/06/24/leadership-lessons-from-dwight-d-eisenhower-3-how-to-make-an-important-decision/
Men's Interests and LifestyleTue, 31 Mar 2015 12:20:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Kathttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/06/24/leadership-lessons-from-dwight-d-eisenhower-3-how-to-make-an-important-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-558689
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:03:33 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-558689Hello there! This article could not be written any better!
Going through this post reminds me of my previous roommate!

He always kept preaching about this. I will send this
post to him. Pretty sure he’ll have a great read. Thanks for sharing!

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Mon, 01 Jul 2013 22:35:44 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-428439This is exactly what I needed and what I’ve needed for a while now.

Six months ago I was living back home in London, I had a well-paid job, nice car, loving family and had met a woman who loved me and was planning the rest of my life in comfort with her. We went out several times a week and went away on holiday frequently, a good life compared to the situation a lot of my fellow graduates are in back home.

Then, my girlfriends father passed away over Christmas after having battled cancer for many years, something that devastated the family. At the wake, all of his immediate family went into the private chamber to pay their last respects and I hung back, out of respect. A few minutes later, I was beckoned into the room too as he’d always thought of me highly and was confident I was going to treat his daughter well when he was gone.

I will never forget it for as long as I live but I’m still not sure if it really happened. It was beyond surreal. The small room was packed full of people, each sobbing to themselves quietly, including my girlfriend and her siblings, but nobody looked at me. Nobody even noticed me. It was as if I wasn’t even there.

As soon as I saw him, I could look nowhere else. It was the first time I’d seen a dead body before and an incredible sense of calm and tranquility came over me. The perspective gained was overwhelming and immediate. I was not happy and for this simple reason I did not have a good life, no matter what society dictated. I needed to live on my own terms like he did and only then would I know success.

I changed as a man that day, I wasn’t able to love my girlfriend in the same way and I haven’t been able to come to terms with it properly until I read this article. I am the arbiter of my own destiny and must take full responsibility for the state of my own life. No more excuses.

Since that day I’ve quit my job, have split up with my girlfriend and have left the country. I wasn’t able to love her in the same way after that and it’s only now I understand why. I’m currently in the USA pursuing my dream of being a professional soccer coach. I’m in an incredibly hostile environment compared to back home where I was praised for my work and had loads of friends. All the other coaches are from a completely different background than I, have more experience, a better CV and better contacts than me and aren’t afraid to remind me at all times. I don’t fit in with them at all and it used to get me down. But the bottom line is I have the same opportunity as they do and this is the reason I was put onto this Earth, it is my purpose. I want it more than them, I’m more intelligent than them and I will know success..

Coming out here was a massive first step but all the planning, all the sacrifice, everything I left behind will be for nothing unless I pull the trigger the way Mr Eisenhower did. I can’t wait a few days, I can’t wait a few weeks, it has to be NOW or everything will be ruined. I will treat every situation I find myself in from now on with that mentality and I will know success, because. I’m gone, I want people to talk about what I DID rather than what I didn’t have the balls to do because it seemed difficult at the time.

I apologise for the length and somber tone of my story but I haven’t been able to get this off my chest until now. This article has changed my life and I’m eternally grateful.

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Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:52:09 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-231245Thank you for sharing this to us! Such a great series in regard to leadership skills.

Every leaders of the world should know this and treat its people with dignity and respect. To push forward and to make the critical decision, that’s leadership at its best.

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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:39:28 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-231206Awe striking, and very inspiring article. Much appreciation.
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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:26:45 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-231158I almost teared up after reading that potential “failure letter” to the press. What a great man he was!
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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:52:39 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-231150It is great and encouraging article pertaining to commitment to service and executing it dutifully
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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:01:17 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=25476#comment-230960Excellent article. Love the quotes. I felt like I was in the room when he finally made the decision.
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